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CISTUS oblongifolius. 



Oblong-leaved Rock-Rose. 



Sect. II. LEDONIA. Supra fol. i. 



.1. Pedunculis unifloris, aut multifloris cymosis, sepalis5, exter- 

 nisstepius cordatis acuminatis ; capsulis 5-locularibm. 



* Pedunculis basi nudis, sapt infrd medium folia opposita geren- 

 tibus. 



C. oblongifolius, caule fruticoso erecto ; rarais hispido-villosis, fo- 

 liis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis margine pubes- 

 centibus et undulatis subtus venosis, pedunculis cymosis, petalis 

 concavis valde imbricatis. 



A large upright strong-growing Shrub, producing 

 long straightish stiff branches, \vhich are densely clo- 

 thed with short villous down and long rigid hairs in- 

 termixed. Leaves shortly petiolate, oblong, bluntish, 

 reticulately veined, upper side smooth and glossy, un- 

 der side paler, margins pubescent, and more or less 

 undulate. Petioles very short, clasping the stem at the 

 base, of a reddish brown, Flowers large, white, in a 

 cymose panicle. Bractes sessile, crossing each other ; 

 lower ones leaf-like, oblongly-lanceolate, bluntish ; 

 upper ones ovate, concave, acute, strongly nerved, sub- 

 membranaceous, fringed. Pedicles unequal in length, 

 nearly cylindrical, slightly viscous, thickly clothed with 

 short spreading hairs and a few long ones intermixed. 

 Calyx of 5 sepals, 2 outer ones much the largest, bracte- 

 like, cordate, acute, striate, villosely hairy, margins 

 fringed, reflexed : inner ones narrower, more membra- 

 naceous, and taper-pointed, also villous. Petals 5, 

 white, rather cupped, much imbricate, nearly round, 

 with a yellow spot at the base of each. Stamens nume- 



